“ | She's my favorite person to talk to. She brings out the best in everybody. | ” |
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, actress, and Emmy Award-winning talk show host who has hosted The Ellen DeGeneres Show since it debuted in 2003. She is also a close friend of Taylor Swift. Swift has appeared as a guest on The Ellen Show many times since the beginning of her career.
Friendship with Swift[]

Taylor & Ellen during Style at the Staples Center, Los Angeles.
On August 24, 2015, during Swift's 1989 World Tour show in Los Angeles, DeGeneres joined Swift on stage as a surprise guest during "Style". She walked out wearing a sparkly zip-up jacket, a shiny tutu and silver tights. The jacket was supposed to look like Swift's dress.
DeGeneres made a special guest appearance in the music video for "You Need To Calm Down", the second single and fourteenth track from Swift's seventh studio album, Lover, with a tattoo reading "Cruel Summer", an easter egg for the second track from the album.
Humor[]
On DeGeneres's reality show, The Ellen Show, she is famous for her pranks.